Type-holder and blank therefor.



H. S. FOLGER & T. ROSS.

TYPE HOLDER AND BLANK THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. I918.

1,281,545. Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

HARRY S. FOLGER AND TOREY ROSS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS;

SAID FOLGER.

SAID ROSS ASSIGNOB 'ro TYPE-HOLDER AND BLANK THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

Application filed March 29, 1918. Serial No. 225,518.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY S. FOLGER and TOREY Ross, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Holders and Blank T herefor,

Fig. 2 represents the same thing with the.

pen held in a position to sign the document;

Fig. 3 represents the holder attached to the end of a lead pencil; and

Fig. 4 is the blank from which the holder is formed.

Referring to Fig. 4, the part 11 below the neck 12 is bent to form a cylinder open axially along one side. The diameter of this cylinder is such that it will tightly hug the pencil or pen to which it is attached.

The blank is next bent at the neck 12 so as to bring the wings 13 over the cylinder formed from the part 11. For a pencil, the bend at the neck 19. is ninety degrees so that the part 13 will be directly over and in contact with the head of the pencil P, Fig. 3. For a pen, this angle is about thirty degrees, or that shown in Fig. 1 between the pen A and the paper B.

The part composed of the wings 14 is separated from the part composed of the wings 13 by cuts 15 which extend inward a short distance as shown in Fig. 4. The cuts 15 are for the purpose of making it possible to bend up holdersmf difl'erent sizes from the same blank.

The blank is next bent along a line which corresponds to the cuts 15, and so that the part 14 is perpendicular to the part 13. Next, they are bent to form the four sides of a type holding box, the part 13 forming the bottom of the box upon which the type 16 rest. The joint- 17 of Fig. 3 represents the line on which the tips 17 of Fig. 4 meet when the box is formed. The size of the box will be determined by the length of the part 14. By cutting a piece from one or both ends of part 14 by a pair of shears, the same blank may be used for boxes of different sizes. Thus, Fig. 3 represents a box made from the full size of Fig. 4. Fig. 1, drawn at a slightly reduced scale, shows a smaller box made from the same blank after cutting a short piece from each end of part 14. The same completed device does for either pen or pencil by simply changing the angle of the bend at neck 14. Metal which may be bent by the fingers from one position to the other is suiiiciently strong to meet the requirements of this device. The type holding box is represented in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 by the character C.

What we claim is:

1. A type holding attachment consisting of a single piece of metal, one portion being in the form of a receptacle for holding type, another portion being formed to fit on a pen or pencil, and an intermediate connecting portion being bendable so that the previously mentioned portions may be adjusted to different angles to each other.

2. In an attachment, a type holding box formed by a strip of metal bent to form the four sides of the box, an extension of one of the sides of said box, said extension being bent to close one end of the box and thereby form a bottom to the box, and an extension on one side of said bottom, said extension being bent to form an incomplete cylinder adapted to fit upon a pen or pencil.

3. A blank for a type holding attachment, said blank consisting of a strip 14 adapted to be bent to form the sides of a box, a strip 13 adapted to be bent to form a bottom for said box, and a portion 11 adapted to be bent to grasp the object to which the attachment is to be secured, the said parts 11, 13 and 14 being portions of a single piece of metal.

Signed at Chicago, 111., this 27th day of March, 1918.

HARRY S. FOLGER. TOREY ROSS. Witnesses:

WALTER H. REDFIELD,

H. P. REDFIELD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G." 

